TRUTHLiVE& Moe Green CMJ Performance

TRUTHLiVE & Moe Green's freestyle recorded at Southpaw in Brooklyn, NYC at one of many CMJ's festivities that happened this October.

(video courtesy of SF's Distortion 2 Static)

Common Freestyles At Jordan Brand Classic Basketball Event Madison Square Garden

On Saturday April 17, Common gave a half time freestyle during the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic Basketball event at Madison Square Garden in NYC.

Besides Common other notables in attendance included NBA players Chris Paul & Bryant Johnson, MC Lyte, Floetry's Marsha Ambrosius, DJ Clue and R&B artist Mario.

Photo links here:
Getty images
Wire Image

(video courtesy of trend settin)

Bahamadia Rare Performance At SXSW 2010 Women in Hip Hop Showcase

Philadelphia's Bahamadia made a rare appearance at the Women in Hip-Hop showcase @ the Victory Grill Friday March 19. For those who attended, a performance by Bahamadia is a definite treat!

Also, read Spinner's interview with Bahamadia centered around her SXSW 2010 appearance here:
Spinner - Bahamadia Interview: SXSW 2010

(video courtesy of TheBlackMamba1980 & gavin dahl)

Jay-Z BP3 Chicago Dedicates Freestyle To LeBron James & Holds Court At After Show Party

At last night's (Thursday, March 18) BP3 tour stop in Chicago, Ill, Jay-Z delivered a not yet heard freestyle dedication to Cleveland Cavilers superstar LeBron James. Lebron is in town as the Cleveland Cavs play the Chicago Bulls tonight.

LeBron James returned the favor by hosting an after-party (LeBron's BlackOut) for Jay-Z at the Shrine, check out the photos here:

NBC Chicago - LeBron's BlackOut / Jay-Z After Show Party

Read both Chicago's newspaper Jay-Z concert reviews here:

Chicago Sun Times - Review

Chicago Tribune - Review

Photos from the concert:
PR Photo
WENN Photo

Jay-Z's BP3 2010 Tour dates:

Mar 19 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
Mar 20 Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
Mar 22 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
Mar 24 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
Mar 26 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival appearance:
Apr 16 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Club

Jay-Z European Tour Dates:

Jun 4 Rock am Ring, Germany
Jun 5 Rock im Park, Germany
Jun 6 Paris Bercy, France
Jun 7 Manchester, UK - Manchester Evening News Arena
Jun 9 Birmingham, UK - LG Arena
Jun 11 Isle of Wright, UK - Seaclose Park
Jul 2 Eurockeennes Belfort, France
Jul 4 London, UK - Hyde Park - Wireless Festival
Jul 9 Oxygen, Ireland
Jul 10 Frauenfeld, Switzerland - Openair Frauenfeld
Jul 11 T in the Park, Scotland

Donnis On DJ Kayslay's Shade 45 Show: Interview

Talib Kweli Performs In Oslo, Norway

Talib Kweli performed at the Oslo Norway Rockerfeller Centre on Thursday, February 4 in Oslo, Norway.

Photos from the performance here:
Getty Images

(video courtesy of Jojoo00 & magnekd)

Kid Cudi Shows His Too Short Flow

Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End of Day
on Universal/Motown/Fool's Gold in stores now.

Paul Cain on the set of Fabolous Loso's Way (video)

Shot presumably on the set of Loso's Way May 18 in the streets of Manhattan. Also spotted on the set where DJ Envy, Adrienne Bailon, Swizz Beats, Ryan Leslie, Juelz Santana, DJ Khaled and Fabolous himself.
'Loso's Way' coming soon on Island/Def Jam.

Asher Roth BBC Live Lounge Boom Boom Pow performance

On Asher's recent trip to the UK.



'Asleep In The Bread Aisle' out now.